do you believe in religion or evolution?

Question

remember,religion doesn't deal with facts

Answer 1

Religion is based around no fact or logic, therefore I believe in evolution which is based on scientific fact and reason.

Answer 2

My daughter and I were discussing this subject just the other day; and she has a theory that I truly believe is the right one:

IN THE BEGINNING, God made men, women, and creatures. They were known as the Neanderthals, or the cave-man, and thousands of prehistoric amphibians, such as the Ostracoderms; flying creatures, such as the Presbyornis; and animals that roamed the earth, the most famous of all being Tyrannosaurus rex. But God wasn't happy with his creations, so He decided to put an end to all life by way of the Ice Age. Then He created man and woman in His image (we know them as Adam and Eve). But He was disappointed with many, many of these new humans also, so He brought about the Great Flood.

And now we come to the period that we know to be in our history.

Man didn't evolve from apes or fish...if he did we'd no longer have apes and fish. Think about it! And the confusion all stems from the silly Books that make up the Bible. If anyone can read it and make an argument proving it to be factual, I'd like to meet that person. There are so many Books within the Bible that have been written by so many individuals and transcribed so many times that it's no wonder it's so contradictory.

So....in answer to your question, I guess I would have to say I believe in religion because, if we look at the BIG PICTURE of history, we'll find that it does, indeed, deal in facts; whereas evolution deals in fantasies that have been twisted into what some people would have you believe to be facts. But then, how can these people explain the continuing birth of those very creatures from which they claim we've evolved...for those creatures should now be extinct--but they're not.

Answer 3

Why the loaded question? What's with the "or"? Why assume within your question that people cannot believe in both.

You suggest we remember that "religion doesn't deal with facts". You should also remember that evolution doesn't deal with God. It is true that there are some idiotic religious nuts who believe that the Genesis creation story in some way disproves evolution and that there are some evolutionist nuts who think evolution is the final victory of science over faith. These two groups are, thankfully, very much in a minority.

Answer 4

I believe in the progressive EVOLUTION of RELIGION. (I am playing with your words but the answer is correct and the detail comes next.)
Divine revelation is progressive and never ending. It is for the advancement and education of the world of humanity. This education process can never end since our capacity to learn is unlimited.
In the Old Testament mankind is treated like a little child. The most important word is "don't do this" or "don't do that". Stories and descriptions of how the world was created were enough for the understanding of the people of that time. We can't talk to a little child about solar systems and galaxies to describe a star until he is old enough to understand it. So we tell him that stars are little lights that God puts up in the sky at night.
This same explanation is not acceptable to him when he is grown up and mature. He needs a logical and scientific answer now. The same happens to mankind. We have to understand the relativity of what was written in the holy books and their applicability to determined periods of evolution of mankind.

Answer 5

I don't think it's an either/or. Evolution doesn't explain what started the whole thing. You can't get something from nothing. Something put it there. Religion (if you're referring to the bible or other holy books) isn't discounted by science just because the texts leave things out. They were written in terms that people would understand. Parables & stories meant to simplify & explain complex & overwhelming facts. They aren't meant to be science texts. There are things that can not be explained by mere science. Whether you want to call him God or Allah or Nature or Energy or Beingness, some great force brought everything into being. There was a First Cause. What happened from there, we have to rely on a combination of texts & archaeological evidence to piece together. Obviously Darwin had some valid ideas. Evolving is part of survival. You change to suit your environment. If you ever visit England you notice that the majority of people used to be REALLY short! I'm only 5'7" but I had to duck to make it through many doorways. So we've gotten generally taller as a species. Now if we could just grow an extra arm & get more done! One thing may grow, change, transform or lead to another but something still had to set off the whole chain of events. Create the environment and create the amoeba that could turn into a fish, frog, lizard, blah blah blah up the food chain if that's what gets you through.

Faith is something you either have or you don't. I have it & it's a beautiful thing. But my faith isn't blind. My eyes are open. My mind is open to various possibilities. I respect science. I don't think one has to choose science or theology. I think one has to consider all aspects of life & come up with their own conclusion as to how we got here. Regardless of what you believe about our past, the key is to live in the present & live life to the fullest, you can't really go wrong that way!

Answer 6

I believe in religion and yes, there are many parts of religions that deal with facts. There are parts of the evolutionary THEORY that cannot be explained hence, theory. Both religion and theory have strong points to make. I happen to believe in religion but I cannot discount scientific evidence either. Only God knows.

Answer 7

It does not matter what I believe, as the truth does not care about my beliefs and some thing can be true, whether I believe in it or not. The theory of evolution by natural selection is supported by mountains of evidence and has some predictive power. Religion, except in a Spinozian sense, has not one iota of evidential support and has been incorrectly predicting many things for years. No end of the world, yet.

Answer 8

Both. I believe God uses evolution as a tool to create. Things just didn't "poof" and appear. Besides, each "day" in Genesis is thought to be millions of years, which totally explains the dinosaurs, etc.

Answer 9

Evolution .. in a weird sort of way! Religion ... first and foremost!

To believe that the universe created itself by chance, is utterly rediculous! To believe that the abundance of life on this planet 'just happened' is equally rediculous!

Pardon my spelling as Sasquatches are not known for their spelling abilities!

A Much Greater Power than is known amoungst Humankind had a hand in all of this. It was not by chance!

Thus a greater being, God, if you will, is (was) responsible for our being! While we may have crawled out of a swamp somewhere in the past, it was by His Blessings that we did so!

Even the greatest mind to have lived in our present age (Einstien) believed in a Creator. "God does not play dice with the Universe"!

Are you greater than he?

I am not!

The Ol' Sasquatch Ü

Answer 10

And remember evolution is just a theory. I believe in religion because the world is really "fouled up" and that the heart is despearatly wicked. Truth by definition is exclusive my freind, remember that.